# Speak to me in succinct song lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 26, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666 "2014-06-26T02:54:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 252
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5021 "2016-01-17T21:07:54Z")
No, you can’t always get what you want You can’t always get what you want You can’t always get what you want But if you try sometime you find You get what you need ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5022 "2016-01-17T21:12:11Z")
And, in the end, The love you take Is equal to The love you make ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5023 "2016-01-17T23:08:25Z")
This is the end, beautiful friend This is the end, my only friend, the end Of our elaborate plans, the end Of everything that stands, the end No safety or surprise, the end I’ll never look into your eyes again ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5024 "2016-01-17T23:19:48Z")
My Beautiful Friend I swear I adore you Ain’t no woman deep enough I don’t know how we made it this far dear Without losing at least an ear I could leave us, I could leave us a painting Our lives are-a-changing So it goes ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5025 "2016-01-18T00:11:00Z")
And when no hope was left inside On that starry, starry night You took your life, as lovers often do But I could have told you, Vincent The world was never meant for one As beautiful as you ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5026 "2016-01-18T02:11:03Z")
Daniel my brother you are older than me Do you still feel the pain of the scars that won’t heal Your eyes have died but you see more than I Daniel you’re a star in the face of the sky ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5027 "2016-01-18T02:36:18Z")
Dark as the night comes to share With stars in her hair And grand majestic flair Framed, a world passes by With the sound of a young girl’s sigh Man carrying a brow Smoke rises from the crowd Here for now ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5028 "2016-01-18T12:49:55Z")
You left me here on your way to paradise You pulled the rug right out from under my life I know where you goin’ to I knew when you came home last night 'Cause your eyes had a mist from the smoke of a distant fire ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5029 "2016-01-18T13:25:11Z")
We all came out to Montreux on the Lake Geneva shoreline To make records with a mobile, we didn’t have much time Frank Zappa and the Mothers were at the best place around But some stupid with a flare gun burned the place to the ground Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky Smoke on the water ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5030 "2016-01-18T13:43:35Z")
It doesn’t really matter what chords I play What words I say or time of day it is As it’s only a Northern song ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5031 "2016-01-18T19:02:09Z")
Desination outward bound I turn to see the northern lights behind the wing Horizons seem to beckon me Learned how to cry too young So now I live to sing The northern lights are in my mind They guide me back to you ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5032 "2016-01-19T01:24:52Z")
Anger rideth with the one that knows no fear Whose eyes like fire, whose heart’s like ice And spirit rideth with the ones that know no fear They were the sons, the sons of northern darkness ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5033 "2016-01-19T01:36:40Z")
beware of darkness Watch out now, take care Beware of the thoughts that linger Winding up inside your head The hopelessness around you In the dead of night ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5034 "2016-01-19T02:39:30Z")
I wish for this night-time to last for a lifetime The darkness around me Shores of a solar sea Oh how I wish to go down with the sun Sleeping Weeping With you ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5035 "2016-01-19T03:05:28Z")
Weep no more, my ladies, O weep no more, I pray, We will sing one song for my old Kentucky home, For my old Kentucky home far away. ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5036 "2016-01-19T12:47:36Z")
All de world am sad and dreary, Eb-rywhere I roam; Oh, darkeys, how my heart grows weary, Far from de old folks at home! ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5037 "2016-01-19T15:02:29Z")
If I crawl across the floor Then I’d be closer to that door Well, it’s too far Never been so far away Just lost the last thought in my head What happens now? Some fantasy you’ve been Pick up the pieces in my mind I’m going… I’m going home ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5038 "2016-01-19T17:51:37Z")
Going back to Miami (Going back to Miami) Going back to my girl (Going back to my girl) I said I’m going back to Miami (Going back to Miami) Going back to my girl (Going back to my girl) ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5039 "2016-01-20T01:33:15Z")
Now it’s back to the barrooms Right back to drinkin’ again Someday you’ll love me enough to stay with me And whiskey won’t be my best friend But now it’s back to the barrooms again ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5040 "2016-01-20T02:38:28Z")
We’ll be back in the high life again All the eyes that watched us once will smile and take us in And we’ll drink and dance with one hand free And have the world so easily And oh we’ll be a sight to see Back in the high life again [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=251) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=253)